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Rehab center helps paraplegic rebuild lives, self-confidence

HIDDEN in Zhoudang Village near Zhujiajiao watertown in Qingpu District is a two-story townhouse famous among those confined to wheelchairs. Many people from around China come to spend a few days there. According ...

Xu Lingchao | August 17, 2018, Friday

Alert sounded as city gears up for rainstorm havoc

THE Shanghai Meteorological Bureau raised the blue typhoon alert to yellow — second level in the four-color warning system — yesterday afternoon as this year’s 18th typhoon, Rumbia, approached China’s ...

Staff Reporters | August 17, 2018, Friday

More repairs for Zhabei Park

The renovated western section of 72-year-old Zhabei Park, the oldest park in Jing’an District, reopened yesterday. Renovation of the area, where the park’s major attractions are located, started in late ...

Li Qian | August 17, 2018, Friday

A world of fun at tourism festival

DOZENS of attractions across the city will offer half-price discounts on admission between September 15 and 21 as part of the annual Shanghai Tourism Festival, the organizers said yesterday. A total ...

Hu Min | August 17, 2018, Friday

19 garment batches fail quality testing

NINETEEN batches of garments from brands such as MaxMara, Chaps and eifini have failed quality tests conducted by the city’s market watchdog. The items were sold at four local outlets. The Shanghai Industry ...

Echo Hu | August 17, 2018, Friday

New book on 40 years of opening up

SHANGHAI Archives released a new book yesterday on local events and key figures during the 40 years of China’s reform and opening up. The book includes numerous historical photos and documents from the ...

Bob Yang | August 17, 2018, Friday

Changning hosts top talent at piano fete

SOME of the world’s leading pianists will perform during the international piano festival which began yesterday in Changning District. Famed Cuban pianist Jorge Luis Prats and Ewa Osinska from Poland ...

Yang Jian | August 17, 2018, Friday

Final straw for Jing’an’s ‘Urban Fox’

THE city’s “Urban Fox” has finally said goodbye after a four-year residency in Jing’an Sculpture Park. The metal-and-straw creation, 7 meters high and 10 meters long, was pulled down yesterday morning. Workers ...

Li Qian | August 16, 2018, Thursday

Publishers lure readers at annual book fair

MORE than 500 publishers were on hand for the start of the Shanghai Book Fair yesterday. Many of them were also showing off their latest, creative ways to catch the attention of readers. At the booth ...

Ke Jiayun | August 16, 2018, Thursday

Typhoon heads toward Shanghai

SHANGHAI was put on a blue typhoon alert, the lowest on a four-tier system, at 8pm yesterday as Typhoon Rumbia heads toward eastern China. The typhoon will bring gusty winds and heavy rainfall from late ...

Li Qian and Link Xu | August 16, 2018, Thursday

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